Lead us to holiness, the road,
The narrow road which leads to God;
Bring us to Christ, the living Way,
Nor let us from Him ever stray.
Lead us to God, our only rest,
To be with Him for ever blest;
Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share,
Fulness of joy for ever there.
SPIRIT of God, that moved of old
Upon the waters' darken'd face,
Come, when our faithless hearts are cold,
And stir them with an inward grace.
Thou that art Power and Peace combined,
All highest Strength, all purest Love,
The rushing of the mighty wind,
The brooding of the gentle dove;
Come, give us still thy powerful aid,
And urge us on, and keep us thine;
Nor leave the hearts, that once were made
Fit temples for thy grace divine:
Nor let us quench thy sevenfold light;
But still with softest breathings stir
Our wayward souls-and lead us right,
O Holy Ghost, the Comforter!
COME, Holy Ghost; Creator, come,
And visit all the souls of thine:
Thou hast inspired our hearts with life;
Inspire them now with life divine,
Thou art the Comforter, the Gift
Of God most high, the Fire of love,
The everlasting Spring of joy,
And Holy Unction from above.
Thy gifts are manifold; Thou writ'st
God's laws in every faithful heart;
The Promise of the Father, Thou
Dost heavenly eloquence impart.
Enlighten our dark souls till they
Thy love, thy heavenly love, embrace;
And, since we are by nature frail,
Assist us with thy saving grace.
SPIRIT of mercy, truth, and love,
O shed thine influence from above,
And still from age to age convey
The wonders of this sacred day.
In every clime, by every tongue,
Be God's surpassing glory sung:
Let all the listening earth be taught
The acts our great Redeemer wrought.
Unfailing Comfort! heavenly Guide!
Still o'er thy holy Church preside;
Still let mankind thy blessings prove;
Spirit of mercy, truth, and love.
SPIRIT of Truth! on this thy day
To Thee for help we cry,
To guide us through the dreary way
Of dark mortality.
We ask not, Lord, thy cloven flame,
Or tongues of various tone;
But long thy praises to proclaim
With fervour, in our own.
No heavenly harpings soothe our ear,
No mystic dreams we share;
Yet hope to feel thy comfort near,
And bless Thee in our prayer.
When tongues shall cease, and power decay,
And knowledge empty prove,
Do Thou thy trembling servants stay
With faith, with hope, with love.
CREATOR Spirit! by whose aid
The world's foundations first were laid,
Come, visit ev'ry humble mind,
And pour thy joy on all mankind:
From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make us temples meet for Thee.
Thrice holy Fount! thrice holy Fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire:
Our frailty help, our vice control,
And calm the passions of the soul:
Come, and thy sacred unction bring,
To sanctify us while we sing.
Immortal honor, endless fame
Attend th' Almighty Father's name;
Let God the Son be glorified,
Who for the world's redemption died;
And equal adoration be,
O blessed Comforter, to Thee.
GRACIOUS Spirit, Love divine!
Let thy light around us shine;
All our guilty fears remove,
Fill us with thy peace and love.
Pardon to the contrite give;
Bid the wounded sinner live;
Lead us to the Lamb of God;
Wash us in his precious blood.
Earnest Thou of heavenly rest,
Comfort every troubled breast;
Life and joy and peace impart,
Sanctifying every heart.
Guardian Spirit, lest we stray,
Keep us in the heavenly way;
Bring us to thy courts above,
Realms of light and endless love.
HOLY Spirit, from on high
Bend on us a pitying eye;
Animate the drooping heart,
Bid the power of sin depart.
Light up every dark recess
Of our heart's ungodliness;
devious way
Show us every
Where our steps have gone astray.
Teach us with repentant grief
Humbly to implore relief:
Then the Saviour's blood reveal,
All our deep disease to heal.
May we daily grow in grace,
And pursue the heavenly race,
Train'd by wisdom, led by love,
Till we reach our rest above.
HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be!
Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not
Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity!
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea,
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!
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